St Johns Preparatory School - Spire Yearbook (Danvers, MA)

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To rhe chopel lhe Prep sludenl hurries in Jrhe dorlcness of o winrer morning lo be presenl or rhe Breaking of +he Bread. The scholoslic yeor commences wilh lhe Moss of lhe l-loly Ghosh- symbolic of The principle +ho+ lirsl 'rhings come firsl ond Thor wirhoul God's help our labors will be in voin.

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.. Q5 Wm: 1 And so from lhe firsl momenl when lhe Prep sludenl. as an eager Frosh, sleps upon Jrhe campus, he is 'raughl and acquires a sense ol values: lhal lhere are cerlain Things in life more imporfanl Than olhers. The spirifual, lhe inlelleclual, Jrhe physical- lhere is a descending order of imporlance. Bur Jrhe spirilual musl permeale 'rhe olher Jrwog musl give lhem meaning and expression: musl' vilalize each aclion in classroom or on alhlelic field. The Adminislralion Building-a ralher lerrilying slruclure ol New England sfone-lhus becomes lhe local poinl ol Prep aclivily because il is lhe campus edifice which conlains rhe school chapel. I+ is a dim and mysrerious place, lhe chapel. and in ils hushed srillness lhe Prep sludenl prays before his God for The graces and blessings he needs and wanls.

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On May evenings, when Jrhe New England spring is a blessing on fhe land. lhe Prep sludenf galhers in lhe chapel wilh his fellow Prep men +o sing a paean of praise lo Our Lady. And +o 'rhe chapel, y in Jrhe course of his four years, he makes his way when lhe burdens of school life become wearisome. Xavier l-lall's spire, surmounfed by a cross. and slrelching 'rowards Jrhe slcy, is a filling symbol of lhe Prep s+uden+'s aspiralions. Under fhe ever-lenglhening shadow of +ha'r spire Jrhe Prep sludenf lives his Prep life, makes his friends and dreams his dreams, calches lhe spirijr O'l:S'l.JOl'1I'1'S, prepares for Jrhe greal, big world lhal awaifs him beyond lhe campus boundaries